Improvement on Ferroelectricity and Endurance of Ultra-Thin HfZrO2 Capacitor with Molybdenum Capping Electrode

Abstract
The capping metal plays an important role on HfZrO 2 (HZO) crystallization for ferroelectric phase. The Mo top electrode MIM capacitor is demonstrated with high remnant polarization and endurance as compared with TaN electrode. The optimized data retention for 500°C annealing device presents (>30) $\mu$ C/cm 2 up to 2x10 4 sec and slightly degradation extrapolated to 3x10 8 sec (10 years). The Mo electrode exhibits higher 2P r and excellent endurance performance ((>10) 5 cycles) as compared with that of TaN electrode. It is beneficial for promising ultra-thin FE-HZO as the guidelines for low-power CMOS/memory applications.